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WILLIAM W. IIOPKINOF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGXOR TO MOON-HOPKINS BILLING MACHINE COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS,

MISSOURI, CORPORATION OI" MISSOURI.' I

TYPE-WRITING Application ledii'lecember 19, 1907. Serial No. 407,191. Y

' clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apertams to make and use the same, reference cmg had to the accompanying drawings,

forming part of this spcciiication, in which- 1"igure 1 is a front elevation of a typewriting machine constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of said machine; Fig. 3 is an end elevation of said machine, Fig. 4 is a. vertical sectional view of the machine; Fig. 5 is a front eieva-r tion of the type-carrying member; Fig. 6 is atrend elevation of the parts shown in hiv. 5;

line 7 2' of Fig. 5 g Figs. S to 12, inclusive,are detail views illustrating the arms that are used for moving the type-carrying member laterally; Figs. 13 to 20, inclusive, are detail views illustrating the arms that are used for moving the ty ie-carrying membervertically; and 21 illustrates a modilied form of hammer-actuating mechanism.

'lhis invention relates to typewriting machines, and particularlyv to that class of machines in which a member that carries type comprising numerals and the letters of t 1e. alphabet is moved vertically and transversely to position individual type in alinement with an actuating hammer which causes an impression oi' the type to be made on the sheet of paper on the platen of the machine One object of my present invention is to provide a machine of the type referred to which is so designed that the type-carrying member will arrive in printing position before the type-actuating hammer is operated.

Another object of my invention is to provide a type-writing machine in which the typeactuating hammer is operated by the key levers, the machine being so designed that the first half of the downward movement ofA the key levers is utilized to actuate the mechanism that positions the type-car rier and the last half of the downward movement of the key levers is utilized to operate the type-actuating hammer. And still another object of my invention ist@ provide a type-carrying member of novel construction.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patnted aug. 25, 1908'.

Other desirable features of my invention will be hereinafter pointed out.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate the prefer red form of my invention, 1 designates the. frame. of the machine, and 2 the key levers which are pivetally connected at their rear ends to a horizontally disposed rod or shaft. 3. has a platen 5 around which the paper-is wrapped, and an escapement mechanism and spring drum are rovided for moving the carriage transverse y of the frame from right. to left with a step-by-step movement. The type are carried by a member A which is moved vertically and horizontally to bring individual type into a.certain position rela'- The carriage 4 ofthe machine tively to the platen and said Vtype are forced toward the platen to make an impression on the paper by means of an actuating hammer 6, the machine also being provided with an inking ribben 7', thai is arranged between the type and the platen. The member A which carries the type consists of two plates 8 spaced apart by means of three fillers 9, as s iown in Fig. G, and connected together by means of nuts 10 mount-ed on reduced portions of said fillers, as shown in Fig. 5, the. type 11 being connected to the rear ends of horizontally disposed plungers I2 which are reci rocatingly mounted in the plates 8. Esci plunger is provided with a collar 13, and a coiled spring 14 surrounds the plunger between the collar 13 and the rear plate Sto return the plunger to normal position after it has been moved by the hammer G. The plungers are arranged in rows and are prcvented from rotating hv means of stri s or bars 15 connected to the front face o the front plate S and eiwaging flattened portions on the plnngers, eac 1 bar 15 contactmg with llat portions on two horizontal rows of plungers, as shown in F ig. 6.

The machine is preferably provided with eighty type comprising the small and ca ital letters of the alphabet and also severa numerals and signs or symbols, each of the phmgers beinfr provided at. its rear end with ber, as vseen in Fig. 1, and the capital letters of the alphabet and the frest of the numerals and signs are carried by the five vertical rows of lungers 12 mounted in the righthand haf of the member A, .each vertical row comprising ,eight plungers. The typecarrying member A is connected to the upper end of a vertically reciprocating bar 16 w uch is mounted in ahorizontally movable guide 17, means being provided fer moving the bar 16 vertically and the guide I7 laterally or horizontally to bring the dierent 'plungers in the member A into aliaement with the vactuating hammer 6. The guidc 17 con end with arms 21 that partially surround a shown in Fig. 4.

' arm 38 to which a link 39 is secured. The

`l'iorizontal shaft 22, as shown in Figs. and 5, solas toretam the guide 1n an upright position.

I will now desbribe the means for imparting vertical movement to the type-carr ing member A.' Said means com rises a lin 23 provided at its upper end wit i an elongated slot. fo r receiving a lateral ly projecting extension or arm 24 at the. lower and of the bar 1G and having its lower end connected to the rear end of a lever 25, the front end of said lever 25 being connected to a link 26 which is fastened to a bar '27 that passes horizont-ally under all of the key levers 2. The horizontal bar 27 is secured to. the forward ends of arms 2S fulcrumed at their rear ends on a cross shaft .29 which is mounted in bearings 30, and the key levers 2 are provided with laterally' .projecting pins 2 that vactuate pivotally mounted arms 31 which engage the bar 27 and move it dtnvnwardly rer varying distances so as to cause the type-carrying member A to be moved vertically for various distances. The type-carrying member is moved downwardly, back to normal position by means of an expansion spring 33 interposed between a stationary part of the frame of the machine and the edge of the lever 25, as The means for moving the type-carrying member A horizont ally, to the leftA of Fig. 1, comprises a bar 34 provided at its inner end with a tooth which engages a lug 35 on thebpper side of the sleeve 1S) connected to the guide in which the bar 16 is mounted, said actuating bar 34' being connected at its outer end to an arm 3G on a rock shaft 37 provided at its front end with an link 39 is connected at its lower end to a horizontal bar 4() which extends arallel to the bar 1 7 that passes undemeat i the key 'levers 2, and the laterally projecting pins 2" on said key levers operate another set of pivotally mounted arms 41 that coperate with the bar 40 so as to move it downwardly and thus aetuate the bar 34 for moving the typecarrying member to the left. The horizontal bar 40 is carried by pivotally mounted arms 43 arranged inside of the arms which carry the horizontal bar 27. A plate 44 which is secured to the underneath side oithe top plate'45 of the frame of the machine forms a support for one end of the shaft 2() on which the sleeve 19 is mounted and this plate is provided with a. bracket 46 carrying a in 47 that projects through an elongated s ot 4S in the actuating bar 34 for the purpose of guiding said bar. As shown in Fig. 1, the inner end of the slot 48 is curved so that when the bar 34 is forced to the left it will also move downwardly and thus cause the tooth thereon to engage the lug 35 on the sleeve 1Q, the bar 54 normally lying in such a position that its tooth will be in a higher iorizontal plane than the lug 35. 'baid sleeve 19 is in ove-d to the right of Fig. 1 t0 .return the ty e-carrying member A' to normal position y means of a coiled s rin 49 interposed between a collar 50 on t ie s raft 20 and a collar 51 which is connected to the sleeve 19 by a bar 52, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

The pivotally mounted arms or members 31 which govern the vertical movements of the type-carrying member A andthe arms 41 which govern the lateral movements ot said type-carrying member, are pivot-ally mount-- ed on a shaft 32 supported by bearings 42, as shown in E ig. 4, cach of the key levers 2 being arranged between an arm 31 and an arm 41, so that the lateral projecting pin 2`-- on each of the key levers will enter slotsin a pair of arms 3 1 and 41. The slots in the arms 31 and 41 into which the pins 2 project, are of different shapes so thatsaid arms will be moved dill'erent distances. For exam ile, the arms 41 that cooperate with the ey levers that control the first vertical row of type; namelyz the type onthe vertical row of plungers 12 at the left-hand end of the typeearrying member A, as seen in Fig. 1, are provided with slots 41 which are so formed that no movement will be im arted to said arms when the key levers of t iis set are depressed for it is not necessary to move the.

type-carrying member A laterally to bring tbe type on this row of plungers into alinement with the actuating hammer 6. All of the arms 41 that cooperate with this sot of key levers, have slots 41'* of the same shape, one of said arms being shown in Fig. 8. The

arms 31 that coperatc. with tbc key levers of levers that control the type in the first horizontal row of type; namely, the type on the horizontal row of plnngers at theI upper edge: of the type-carrying member A, are. also provided with slots which are so formed that no movementwill he imparted to said arms when the hey levers are depressed, for it is not necessary to move the type-carrying member vertically to bring the tvpe of the iirst horiaontal row into alinement with the actuating hammer, one ol' the arms 31 that coperates with this set of key levers being shown in Fig. 2t).

The. arms 41 that. cooperate with the key levers that, control the type on the second row of vertical phmgers are provided with slots of the same shape but-said slots are so formed that movement will be imparted to said arms so as to move the bar downwardly and thus impart lateral movement to the type-carrying member whenever one of the levers of this set is depressed, the arms 41 thatl cooperate with the key levers which control the type on the t-hird row of vertical plungers hemer provided with slots which are so designed that greater movement. will be imparted to the bar 4() so as to move the tvpe-carr viner member a. further distance to the lett.. The liegt levers which control, respectively, the type on the third, fourth and filth vertical rows of plimgers cooperate with ai-ms 4] that have dillerent shaped slots so that. the. type-carrying member will be. moved horizontally or to the left for dil'- l'crent distances to properly position the plungers on these diilerentrows in alinement with the actuating member. The ,slots in the sets of arm.L llt and `11 are so formed that movement will be imparted to said arms on the tirst half ol the downwatrd movement ol" the hey levers, each ol said slots havin.;r an extension, as shown in Figs. .S to 2t), in which the pins 2 on the key levers move without actuating: said arms. The downward movement of the hey levers'is ntili'lzed to actnate the hammers (i, as hereinafter more full described, and one advantage m loi-mmlr the slots m the arms 31 and v41 so that sain arms will be actuated on the iirst part or hall of thedownward movement ol'the hey levers. is that said hey leversare relieved from a douhleload becausetht-hammeractuatiner mechanism isu-it operated nntil al'terihe arms Il] and `tl have beendepressed to position the tipe-carrying; member.

Another advantage of such construction is that the t \'pe-carrvintrr member is moved into position belore the hammer engages the plant-'ers whiehfearrv the type so that, said type-carevintr member will have time to recoil or .spl'in; r back into position in Case the momenimn which it gains in moving into position should carr \l it past the point at which it is designed to come to rest. .(onsequently, lthere is no possibility of the printing being blurred as would be apt to occur if the printhandball o f said tvpe-earrving member, said member being shifted laterally to the lett. of Fig. 1 by mechanism hereinat ter describedso thaty the plungers in the right-hand half of the type-carrying member will occupy the positions formerly occupied bythe plnngers in the, left-hand half of the type-carrying member.

Cooperating with the arms 31 and 41 that are depressed by the key levers are stops which control the downward movement of the key levers and also lock the horizontal bals 27 and 4t) to securely hold the type-earrying member in the position to which it has been moved. A stop 55 isprovided for each key lever, said stops being pivotall y mounted at their upper ends on a cross shal' t or rod 56, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Preferably, the stops 55 are provided 'at ,their upper ends with open slots so that they can be slipped over or hung on the shaft 56, said shaft being provided with spaced grocves or Slots that extend transveisely of the shaft te receive the stops and thus hold them at'the proper distance t rom each other. The connection between the key levers 2.and the shaft 3 on which they are fnlcrtuned is also formed in the same manner, as shown in Fig. 4. This forms a very simple and ellicienty means for holding the key levers and stops in proper position and overcomes the necessitj.' of using spacing collars on the shafts or fnlcrnms. The stops are provided at their lower ends with lags 55 and 55" of dill'erent; lengths thatl varv in length according to the shape of' the slots in the arms 31 and 41 wit-h which the key levels cooperate so that when the key levers are depressed, the stops will swiner inwardly by force ol gravity and thus bringl the lugs thereon into position to arrest the downward movement of the horizontal bars 27 and 40, the stop lugs being so proportioned that all of the key levers will be depressed the same distance but. the horizontal` bans 27 and 4t) will be depressed for varvingr distances according to the shape of the slots in the arms 31 and 41. rl`he stop lugs 55"* and 55b also co erate with the arms 31 and 4l to securely c amp the horizontal bars 27 and 41 which impart vertical and late-ral movement; to the type-carryingy member A so that said member will be loc. 'ed in its adjusted position. The stops 55 are arranged between the key levels, and each of said levers is operating stop, as shown in Fig. 4, and moves t e lower end of same outwardly when the rovided with a laterally projectingpin 57 t 1at engages the inner edge of its e0-- tooth 83 and ti yielding tooth S3".

The upper end of the link 73 is connected to a bell crank lever 74, and sind bell crank lever is connected h v :ilink 75 to the collar 50 which is loosel)Y mounted on the shaft 2U :ind butts against the .sleeve It on the guide in which the supporting hin" lt of the type-carrying member 's mounted, as shown in Fig. 1.

Whenever t ie ezt-p key le i 'ver 1s depressed the link 723 will be pulled` i downwardly und the sleeve 19 and lutile connected thereto will he moved to the. lett look` ing at Fig. l.

The. Sleeve lll is provided a with an' additional lue; und when the tinte-carrying member is in its shifted position this lu, r 35 will occupy the .suine posii sind link, the parts heizrg .so designed flint th.:

tion relatively to the actuating hin' lll tho-t the lug 35 occupied when the type-carrying member was in its normal positionso thatI the saine degree of lateral or horizimtal movenient will be imparted to the typeeni'if viii;

member whenever the haii' 34 is actuated. AS the collar 5t, which forms im abutment for one end of the returning spring?r it), is 'zistened to the sleeve. ll) by means ol the bar 52, said spring will'be. shift-ed luteraillr when the sleeve 19 is shifted so that. siiid springY `will he under the, sanne tension when the t `vpeearrying member is in its noi-nini posit ion and its lwhifted position.

'The cari-inge 4 on which the platen is mounted, is moved transversely from iight to left hy means of a ca-hle connected to the. carriage :ind to a .springr drum TT mid a step-l y-step movement. is imparted to Suid ciu-ringe by an escapement mechanism which will now be described.

The carriage. is provided with a rack 7S with which cooperates n pinion 79 on the upper end of n rotatable. Shaft, Sti that is mounted in pivoted bearings, und soid shalt. is provided with 'a ratchet wheel Si with which an escapeinent'pawl S2 eoi'periites. ,'lhis esciipement piiwl is pivotiill'v mounted on the plate. 44 and is provided with :i rigid Mov`ement is imparted to lsaid piiwl h v means of :i link 84 connected at its lower end to a. rock :il'm 85 .secured to n shaft. Sti which is rocked by the depression ot' the ke); levers, .said rook shaft Sti heilig provided with :irins S7 that are secured by means of rods SN to a. bar S9wliieh passes underneath all of the. key levers. Whenever one of the' key levers is actuated the yielding tooth El on the e cti-peinent pawl will permit the ratchet wheel S1 to rotate one tooth and thus permit the carriage 4 to move one .step to the left.

'lhe hammer 6, which :ietuates the phingers 1; on which the type aire mounted, is rigidly connected to the shalt 22, and .sind slnilt is provided with :in :irm .)tl to which fi. link Jl is connected. :is shown in Fig. 4. A bnr 92 that. extemls underneath :ill of the ke)Y levers, with the exception of the cop key lever 59 und the :shift key lei'erstZ-l, is connected hy menus ol' :i link .l-l to :t rock arni 95 provided :it its rear end with :i pin which enters an elongated doi .n in the lower end of the link 91 so tliiit whenever one ofthe key levers is depressed the :iiiu 9.5 will be rocked :ind thus pull thi-linkJt do\\inv::.rdl v to actuzite the hammer ti. Vilain the ki leversairc releiiseil the ports just :li-scribed will he roturned to norimil position by ini-uns of e.. coiled spring Si? that is connected to the roi-k :irin and to :1. stationner ,flirt o1' the i" of 'the machine, ill.' providingr thi; link 6*! with :in elongated slot titi, :is .shown trie'. l, the :ii'm 95 can roek dow ownrdiv :i l. eriain dihtnnce, without iop in: movi-nient to pin on the rock :iim il?) loes not. come into contact with tl .e lower und ol' the slot 9; until after the :zrnisY 2li und 4t have been deiressed to position the tvpe-i-:irrvinA;Y ineinlier A. (`on-;eqiienti v, the key levers will not lie suhiected to :i double loud a! ihe .sume time. That is to szify, the onljv work which the key levers have to ilo on the tirst. half of their downwxil'd movement. is te :ictuiite the positioningr arms :it :ind 41.V :ind the. oni)Y work which they have to do on the last hull' ol their downward movement is to :ictuote the hiinnii-r t. Further-niort, :is the hammer t5 is operated lern-tl) from the key levers l :im able to positively control the movements of the hummer, this constroetion also being;r very desirnbleon :ici-omit of its simplicity.

Y v ln Fig. l l have .shown :i slightly modilied form olI hummer-:ictuating iziechiinisni wherein the shzift "2" thatczirti1s the hainnier ti is provided with :in arm liti that. luis one end of :i loir;r pawl ltitieoniu-ctcd thi-reto. Said piiwl litt! eoiiperates with :i riiiihi'twheel Nil which receives its movement from the curriiigc-actmitin; spring"r drum H13. the movement ol' .said ratchet ohr-el opriating through the puwl ltlt! to move the hammer ti away l'roin thil plniigcin in the typecarrying meniher. The pnwl tuti :ils-:i holds the hammer in iiioperativi position, sizs how1i in Fig. 2l, and a. link lili; is .connected to sziid pawi :ini :o the escupij-nieiit iur-.vi *2 so :is to move the end ol' ilu' growl lint ont oi engagement with the teeth iii the Fiil-eiiet wheel tot whenever the eseiipeinent. pawl isV depressed, said pawl Uitl being returned into engagement with the tcethol the ratchet',

auxellt) l l l Wheel 101 by means of a spring 104. The disengagement ofthe pawl 100 from its cooperating ratchet 101 will release the hammer 6 and said hammer will then be moved 5 into Contact with the plunger which is in alinement with same. by means of a coiled spring 105 connected to an arm on the shaft 22 to which the hammer is connected. in view of the fact that the carriage of the ina- 10 chine has to be moved laterally to the right to return it to starting position, itl is necessary to provide some means for preventing the ratchet. 101 from moving when the carriage is being returned; To this end I have 1.3 connected the ratchet wheel 101 and spring drum 10; together in such a manne; that said ratchet. wheel will bc disconnected from the spring drum when the carriage is being moved back to starting position. The

spring drum is. provided with a ratchet wheel 106, and a gear l0? that is loosely mounted on the shaft'of the spring drum is provided with a spring-actuated pawl 10S that. coperates with the ratchet. 10G, said pawl 10S'. being so arranged that. it causes the gear 1U? to move with the spring drum 102 when it rotates in the direction ot the arrow in Fig.

l but permits said gear 107 to remain at rest when the spring drum rotates in the opposite direction; namely, when the carriage is being moved to the. right back to normalposition.

The gear Hl? cooperates with a pinion 1li!) on the ratchet. wheel 10i that cooperates with the pawl 100, thereby-causing said ratchet wheel to rotate step by step with the. spring drum.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by lietters Patent is:

L'A typewriting machine comprising a type-carryingmcmber, a hammer for causing impressions of the type to be made on the paper arranged on the platen of the machine,

.5 key levers, mechanism for moving the type- Y 'carrying member horizontally and verticaily to position the type thereon comprising members that extend transversely underneath the key levers, and movable devices 5t) cooperating with each key lever and adapted to be actuated by same. for operating the members that extend underneath the key levers; substantially as described.

2. A typewriting,machine comprising a type-carrying member, a hammer for causing impressions of the type to be made on the )aper arranged on the platen of the machine, key levers, mechanism for moving the typec'arrying member horizontally and vertically to position the type thereon comprising bars that extend transversely underneath the key levers, and pivotally mounted arms for operating said bars and each being provided with an irregular-shaped slot that receives a projection on one of the key levers; substantiall as described.

3. A typewriting machine comprising a type-carrying member, key levers, mechan. ism for positioning the type-carrying member comprising a air of bars that extend transversely of sai( key levers, and a pair of pivotally mounted members cooperating with each key lever for operating said bars, said members being provided with different shaped inclined or cam faces that are engaged by projections on the key levers; substan' tially'as described.

4. A typewriting machine comprising a type-carrying member, pivotally mounted key levers, bars extending transversely underneath the key levers for moving said ty ecarrying member vertically and lat-eraiiy, pivotally mounted arms adapted to engage .and move said bars, and means on the key levers for actuating said arms; substantially as described.

5. A typewrrtmg machine comprising a t ype carrying member, a type actuating hammer, key levers, mechanism for positionmg thc type-carrying member con'iprlsmg a flair of bars that extend transverseiy of the c v levers, means operated by the key levers for actuating said hammer, and a pair of pivotally mounted arms cooperating with each key lever and adapted to operate the bars of said positioning mechanism, said arms being connected to the key levers in such a way that they will come to rest before the key levers have reached the limit of their downward movement; substantially as described.

6. A typewriting machine comprising a type-carrying member, key levers, mechanism for moving the type-carrying member vertically and laterally, a pair of pivotally mounted arms cooperating with each keyr lever for actuating said mechanism, and projections on the key levers which extend into irregular-shaped slots in said arms; substantially as described.

7. A typewriting machine comprising a type-carrying member, key levers, mechanism for positioning the type-carrying members comprising bars that extend transversely underneath the key levers, pivotally mounted members operated by the key levers for imparting movement to said bars, and movablestops ada )ted to engage the underneath sides of said ars to limit their downward movement substantially as described.

S. A typewriting machine comprising a. type-carrying member, key levers, mechanism for positioning said type-carrying member comprising bars that extend transversely underneath the key levers, pivotally mounted arms for imparting movement to said bars, means for causing the key levers to move said arms for varying distances, and

stops provided with lugs of different length Y bars; substantially as described.

for limiting the downward movement of said 9. A typewriting machine comprising af type-carrying member, ke)` levers, bars ar-V ranged transversely underneath said key levers for actuating mechanism that moves the type-carrying member vertically and transversely, means oierated by the key levers for moving said Ihars for varying distances, pivotall) mounted stops adapted to engage said bars and limit their downward movement,- and means on the key levers for moving said stops out of alinementv `with said bars; substantially as described.

-1(). A. type-writing machine comprising a type-earningmember, a typeactuat inghamnier, a rock shuftto which said hammer is connected, key levers, a bar arranged trans- Yeisely of the levers and adapted to be actuated thereby, a rock arm connected to said bar, and a link connected to .the shaft. to which the hammer is secured and pxovided with un elongated slot thaty receives a prejcction on said rock arm; substantially es described.

11. 'A typewriting machine comprising a type-carrying;- member, a. vertically disposed bar io'which said type-carrying member is connected, a. t-riuisverselv movable support` for said bar, a type-actuating liannner, and means for moving said bar vertically and said support. horizontallv to position thc type.- carrying member; substantiall)V asdesexibed.

1;. A typewriting machine comprising a type-carrying: member, a vertically disposed bnr to which said type-carrying member is connected, a guide in which said bar is reciprocatingly mountefhe type-actuating hammer` means for moving said bar iv'ertieill;Y in its guide, and iiulependentmeans for moving said guide transversely; substantially as described.

13. A typewriting'maehine comprising al type-carrying member, a vertieally disposed bar to which said member is connected, a

guide in which said bar is mounted, a type- I the guide that .receives the 'Dar to which the type carrying member is connected; substantially as described.

14. A typewriting machine comprising a type-carrying member, a vertically disposed bar to which said member is connected, a. horizontally movable guide in which said bar is mounted, a shaft forming a support. for

saidguide, a collar loosel)F mounted on said shaftand connected to said-guide, aV second collar surrounding the 'sh/alt and engaging the oruide, a coiled expansion spring interposeu between said collars, and manuallyopernted means for moving;r the second collar referred to to shift the `guide and type-earlying member; substantiallyY as described.

l5. A typewriting,r machine comprisingr atjqie-earryiug member, a guide. in which said member is reciproeatiugly mounted, n horizontally disposed shaft. that. forms a supportI for said guide, a lug on said `guide, an actuating bar adapted to engage said lug to move the `guide laterally, and means for operating said bar; substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof l hereunto allix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this seventeenth day ol' December, 1907.

VILLIAM Vf. HOPKINS. 'itnesscs f WELLS L. Cannon, GEORGE BAKEWELL. 

